Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I completely agree with your post. Another funny explanation for the titles is: BS = just what you think (common American expression) MS = More of the Same PhD = Piled Higher and Deeper I have one of each plus an MBA but would not dream of using the abbreviations anywhere besides on my CV. Nathan Doug McLernon wrote: > When I was completing my doctorate many years ago, one of my supervisors > brought me down to earth with the comment, " Because of the requirement of > originality, most PhDs are experts in a subject so important that nobody > else has bothered to research it". > > I agree with Jonathan Lee about the social use of the "Doctor" title > (unless in Germany where a person with two doctorates is addressed as "Herr > doctor doctor" and his wife as "Frau doctor, doctor"). Most of the people I > have observed who use it socially were either awarded an H.C. degree for a > large contribution to the awarding institution or answered an advertisement > in the back of The Economist or Time Magazine for "degrees based upon > lifetime experience", and money, of course. (Education - sometimes physical > education - and Sociology excepted) > Regards, > Doug McLernon > Dublin, Ireland - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman